NAIROBI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Farmers in Kenya’s South Rift region are grappling with new swarms of desert locusts.They are worried that the invasion could lead to major losses and hunger, given that aerial spraying of the insects has been put on hold in some places due to the Coronavirus…

Lt-Gen Jamal Omar reportedly died of heart attack JUBA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s defence minister, General Gamal al-Din Omar, has died of a heart attack while on an official visit to neighbouring South Sudan, according to the Sudanese officials. Omar was in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, taking part in…

ADDIS ABABA, Marc h 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 4,000 prisoners will be released in Ethiopia as the government continues to take measures to control the spread of Coronavirus. The country’s attorney general said that prisoners convicted of minor offences and women with babies were among those who would be freed.…

Crocodiles live in most rivers in Rwanda KIGALI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man in Rwanda who breached the ongoing lockdown to reportedly go fishing has been killed and eaten by a crocodile, the mayor of the southern Kamonyi district said. Alice Kayitesi said the Wednesday morning incident happened in…

Jean-Joseph Mukendi wa Mulumba KINSHASA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The third person to die of Covid-19 complications in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a respected human rights lawyer and an aide of President Félix Tshisekedi. Jean-Joseph Mukendi Wa Mulumba was the acting head of President Tshisekedi’s legal advisory council.…

ABUJA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian Army is preparing to forcibly transfer the sick to hospital and enforce curbs on movement to try to shield the country from coronavirus, and is leasing equipment for “possible mass burial”, according to an army memo. The memo from Army headquarters also outlines…

MOGADISHU, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five people were killed, including a district commissioner, when an improvised explosive device targeted their vehicle near the Somali-Kenyan border Wednesday.Guled Abdirahman, a police official in Lower Juba region, said that the roadside bombing also wounded several others.“A landmine targeted a vehicle carrying…

TRIPOLI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Intense bombardment shook Tripoli as new battles erupted around the capital hours after Libya reported its first case of coronavirus and despite United Nations calls for ceasefires around the world during the epidemic. Residents of the Libyan capital, the seat of the internationally recognised Government…

File photo KAMPALA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An eight-month-old baby in Uganda, whose father recently travelled back from Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, has tested positive for coronavirus.The baby girl is one of five new cases detected in Uganda.According to health officials, she is being treated at Iganga hospital some…